The Geography of the Middle East

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The Geography of the Middle East
Kristen Wilhite
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Middle East Fun Facts

• The Middle East is NOT a continent.
• Its a region with no clear boundaries.
• It sits where Africa, Asia and Europe meets.
• The countries of the Middle East are apart of
  Asia
• The African Country of Egypt is thought to be in
  the Middle east, as well as the northern African
  countries around the Mediterranean sea.

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The Middle East TodayPolitical Map
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Bodies of Water
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
Dardanelles Strait?
AtlanticOcean
?TigrisRiver
Mediterranean Sea
EuphratesRiver?
Jordan River?
Suez Canal?
Strait of?Hormuz
Persian Gulf
Nile River?
?Gulf ofOman
Red Sea
ArabianSea
?Gulf of Aden
IndianOcean
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The Mighty Nile RiverLongest River in the
World
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Egypt The Gift of the Nile
Nile Delta
Annual Nile Flooding
95 of the Egyptian people live on 5 of the land!
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Aswan High Dam, Egypt
HydroelectricPower Plant
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Suez Canal
Completed by the British in 1869
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The Tigris EuphratesRiver System
Mesopotamia Land Between the Two Rivers
Marsh Arabs, So. Iraq
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TheJordan River
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Dead Sea Lowest Point on Earth
2,300 below sea level
HighestSaltContent(33)
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Wadis Instant Springs
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Mountains Plateaus
Caucasus Mts.
?Elburz Mts.
AnatolianPlateau
Iranian Plateau
Taurus Mts.?
Zagros Mts.
?Atlas Mts.
Hejaz Mts.
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Mountain Ranges in Mid-East
Elburz Mts., Iran
Zagros Mts., Iran
Lebanese Mts.
Taurus Mts., Turkey
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Other Land forms of the Middle East

• An Nafud Desert (Part fo the Arabian Desert)-
  Saudi Arabia, gigantic sand dunes, some over 100
  ft. High
• Asir Hejaz Mts.- running along Saudi Arabias
  Border with the red sea
• Dash-E Lut (Lout Desert)- North Central Iran,
  largest desert in the country, uninhabited
  wasteland covered with crusty salt ridges.
• Hadramawt- low mountain range of Yemen
• Hindu Kush- mountains border between Afghanistan
  and Pakistan, many snow capped peaks reaching
  over 22,000 ft.
• Kara Kum Desert- south central Turkmenistan,
  large mass of sand known for its towering sand
  dunes
• Syrian desert- covers parts of Jordan, Syria,
  Saudi Arabia and western Iraq. Very little rain,
  lots of camels and cattle, oil pipelines and
  scattered oases.

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Deserts
NegevDesert
SinaiDesert
Libyan Desert
ArabianDesert
Rubal-Khali
Sahara Desert
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Desert Bedouins
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Swarms of Desert Locusts!
Israel Hit By Worst Locust Plague Since the 1950s!
Locusts Swarm the Pyramids Complex at Giza!
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Rub al-KhaliThe Empty Quarter
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Desert Oases Water at a Premium!
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DesalinizationPlants
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Fertile Crescent
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The Fertile Crescent
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Completed Map
Caucasus Mts.
Black Sea
Caspian Sea
?Elburz Mts.
Dardanelles Strait?
AnatolianPlateau
AtlanticOcean
?TigrisRiver
Mediterranean Sea
EuphratesRiver?
Iranian Plateau
Taurus Mts.?
Jordan River?
Zagros Mts.
?Atlas Mts.
NegevDesert
SinaiDesert
Suez Canal?
Strait of?Hormuz
Persian Gulf
ArabianDesert
Nile River?
Libyan Desert
?Gulf ofOman
Rubal-Khali
Red Sea
Hejaz Mts.
Sahara Desert
ArabianSea
?Gulf of Aden
IndianOcean
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Middle East Climate Regions
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Middle East Population Density
By the Millions
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Cairo, Egypt Most Populated City in the Middle
East
17,000,000People!
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The Middle EastNatural Vegetation
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The Natural Resources of theMiddle East
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World Oil Reserves
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Persian Gulf Oil Exports (2003)
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Saudi Oil Fields Refineries
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Kuwait An Island Floating on a Sea of Oil
KuwaitCity
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Leading U. S. Oil Suppliers
The U. S. imports 30 of its oil needs from the
Middle East.